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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part Two: Chapter XV, Concerts in Wartime.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How is Maria able to acquire most of the furniture for their newly bought property in Vermont?
(a) Buying pieces at a bargain at auctions.
(b) Singing her way into having the prices lowered for her.
(c) Shopping at garage sales.
(d) Going to antique stores.

2. Who hears the Trapp family singing on a radio program?
(a) The Vienna Symphony's director.
(b) The Chancellor of Austria.
(c) The Archbishop of Salzburg.
(d) The President of Italy.

3. What does the family find amusing about Uncle Peter?
(a) He's an inventor, but very few of his inventions work.
(b) He's afraid of holding babies, thinking they're too delicate.
(c) He wears a different style of shoe on each foot.
(d) He does nothing without consulting a manual first.

4. When the von Trapps are newcomers in New York, they eat most of their meals at:
(a) An Italian restaurant.
(b) A Jewish deli.
(c) A Chinese cafeteria.
(d) An Irish pub.

5. In 1938, after the Chancellor resigns, what does the von Trapps' butler inform them?
(a) He's a member of the Nazi party.
(b) He was born in Germany.
(c) He is quitting.
(d) He is related to the Chancellor.

Short Answer Questions

1. As Maria adjusts to life at the villa, what becomes her morning routine?

2. What happened to the Captain's first wife?

3. Who spends a lot of time helping Maria take care of baby Johannes?

4. What happens to concerts in Europe when war breaks out?

5. After Mr. Wagner no longer represents them, who do the von Trapps audition for?

(see the answer key)

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